Title of the first text: 壹冊煉度科 [yice liandu ke ]. External cover title: 一本破獄茭簡煉度科 [yiben poyu jiaojian liandu ke]. Instructions for sending a Messenger-Dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased, imploring the gods - assistance to the Original Masters - to break the gates of the Purgatory...
Title of the first text: 化依科 [huayi ke ]. External cover title: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke]. Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國六十七歲六月十六日開筆.
Title of the first text: 喪家天機一部 [sangjia tianji yibu ]. External cover title: 度亡天機一部 [duwang tianji yibu]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Date(s) claimed in the manu...
Title of the first text: 一本受械(戒)秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu ]. External cover title: 一本受戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off the...
Title of the first text: 迓王科一本 [yawang ke yiben]. External cover title: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 64 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 道光二十七年丁未歲仲呂月完筆.
Title of the first text: 化依科 [huayi ke ]. External cover title: 化依科小喃靈共一本 [huayi ke xiao nanling gong yiben]. Compilation of two texts: xiao huayi and xiao nanling. Huayi: Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors; Nanling: Ceremony for the offspring t...
Title of the first text: 亡秘一本金語 [wangmi yiben jinyu]. External cover title: 一本亡秘語 [yiben wang miyu]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Extent and format of original mat...
External cover title: 齋怗簡関告 醮符吏関告 會聖敕壇 同壹冊 [zhai zhanjian guangao jiao fuli guangao chitan tognyice]. Compilation of three texts: guangao, huisheng and chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to follow with the opening. Chitan: Instructions to collect the Spirits. Date(s) cl...
External cover title and title of the first text: 功曹唱 師公意 [gongcao chang shigong yi ]. Instructions to send the deities of messengers to inform and invite all the deities to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太...
External cover title and title of the first text: 二宮 三宮科一本 [ergong sangong ke yiben]. Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune and longevitiy of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manusc...